It’s easy to get stuck, especially during a pandemic when our activities have been curtailed. As a leader, what can you do when you feel stuck? Stuck in your thinking. Stuck in your routine. Stuck in the weeds. As an executive coach, one of the things I do is help my clients get unstuck and …
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ~Winston Churchill The stories we tell ourselves can implicitly limit our possibilities. Great examples of these narratives can be found here: https://bit.ly/2KomABW. On the flip side, if you tell yourself a hopeful story, it can allow you to take …
If you were to ask a group of people in any large city, “What’s the biggest appeal of working from home?” I’d bet most of them would tell you: avoiding my commute. And, after commuting an hour or more for fifteen years, I couldn’t wait to work from home and win back all that “lost …
“There is nothing that makes me happier than sitting around the dinner table and talking until the candles are burned down.” – Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet This quote is me in a nutshell. I LOVE gathering people around a communal table for a meal. It doesn’t matter if it is pizza or filet …
Summertime reminds me of my childhood, growing up in Wyoming – fresh air, open spaces, lazy summer breezes, taking it easy, and grilling on the BBQ. Cue the band, The Eagles and “Take It Easy…” Ahh…memories. This week on social media, you might have noticed a theme on unplugging. Sarah-Nell has been sharing her personal …
Learning a new skill or set of skills can seem so daunting. The thought of learning the piano or guitar as an adult can bring on a full-scale panic attack in the same way as the thought of learning to lead a division of a Fortune 100 Company. However, we can’t let that anxiety become …
Are you keeping track of your wins? I have a client – let’s call her Jill – who is a successful partner at an AmLaw 100 firm. She has a booming laugh, a happy marriage, and a thriving practice – as a service partner. She lived in fear that the partners she served would start …
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Is it hard to find how to say no? How many times have you found yourself saying YES when you’d rather yell NO? I had a coach tell me, “if it isn’t a hell yes, then it’s a solid no.” And, I come back to this mantra often as I juggle social commitments, civic engagements, …
As you may know, I spent 15 years as a litigation attorney. Lawyers track their time in 6-minute increments. Imagine for a minute that you need to divide your 8-hour work day into 80 unique time entries and LOG THEM every.single.day. This was my life for 15 years. As you can imagine, every single minute …
The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts. – Marianne Williamson Do you ever get jealous of other people’s success? Do you wish you had their job? Their title? Their car? Their purse? You don’t have to. There is enough for everyone. And, if there isn’t enough right now, we simply need …